Picton railway station (England)

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Picton
Railway crossing near Picton Stell - geograph.org.uk - 2090320.jpg
Railway crossing with the old station buildings in the background, in 2010
Location Hambleton, North Yorkshire
England
Coordinates 54°27′54″N1°20′57″W / 54.4649°N 1.3492°W / 54.4649; -1.3492 Coordinates: 54°27′54″N1°20′57″W / 54.4649°N 1.3492°W / 54.4649; -1.3492
Grid reference NZ422079
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Leeds Northern Railway
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
2 June 1852Opened
4 January 1960Closed to passengers
7 July 1964Closed completely

Picton railway station was a railway station serving the village of Picton in North Yorkshire, England. Located on the Northallerton to Eaglescliffe Line (which is now the North TransPennine line) it was opened on 2 June 1852 by the Leeds Northern Railway. [1] It closed to passengers on 4 January 1960 [2] and closed completely in July 1964. [3]

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History

The station as it appeared in 1904 Picton(1904alsop)old2.jpg
The station as it appeared in 1904

The station was located just north of the junction for the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway line to Battersby and Grosmont on the Whitby & Pickering Railway. It was 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Yarm and 10 miles (16 km) north of Northallerton. [4] Local services started at the station with the opening of the Leeds Northern Railway and then along the Battersby line when the first section to Stokesley opened in 1857. [5]

With the full opening of the line to Grosmont in 1865, four out and back services to Whitby per day were worked along the Battersby line. [6] The timetable from 1906 shows that the station had five stopping services each way on both lines; the services south went to Northallerton and the services on the line to Stokesley originated in Stockton and ran through to Whitby. [7] By 1922, this was down to four services on the Battersby line, and by the time of the closure of that line to passengers in 1954, the service ran to only two trains per day through Picton. [8]

The station remained open for a further six years for local services on the Northallerton to Eaglescliffe line, and was closed to passengers in 1960. [9] The station closed to goods traffic in January 1964, [10] with the goods yard being used by a stone merchant. The stationmasters house still stands, but the other buildings have all been demolished. [11]

The line through the site remains open as part of the Northallerton to Eaglescliffe line. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Body, G (1988). PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 137. ISBN   1-85260-072-1.
  2. ↑ Burgess, Neil (2011). The lost railways of Yorkshire's North Riding. Catrine: Stenlake. p. 53. ISBN   9781840335552.
  3. 1 2 "Disused Stations: Picton Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  4. ↑ Padgett, David (2016). Brailsford, Martyn (ed.). Railway track diagrams, Book 2 - Eastern (4 ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. 44. ISBN   978-0-9549866-8-1.
  5. ↑ Tomlinson 1914, p. 552.
  6. ↑ Suggitt 2007, p. 62.
  7. ↑ Bradshaws 1906 Timetable at the Internet Archive
  8. ↑ Suggitt 2007, p. 64.
  9. ↑ Bairstow 2008, p. 111.
  10. ↑ Hoole, Ken (1985). Railway stations of the North East. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 181. ISBN   0-7153-8527-5.
  11. ↑ Maynard, Peter (2015). North Eastern Railway branch lines. North Yorkshire & Cleveland Railway. North Eastern Railway Association. p. 36. ISBN   978-1-873513-98-9.

Sources

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
West Rounton Gates
Line open; station closed		  North Eastern Railway
Northallerton–Eaglescliffe line 		  Yarm
Line and station open
Disused railways
Trenholme Bar
Line and station closed		  North Eastern Railway
Picton-Battersby line 		  Yarm
Line and station open
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